Pseudomonas aeruginosa scleritis.
In two patients Pseudomonas aeruginosa scleral infection led to ocular perforation. In one patient, a scleral abscess was identified anteriorly. A scleral perforation occurred at a more posterior focus, but the eye was salvaged with minimal residual visual function. In the other patient, perforation at the corneoscleral limbus occurred after initial corneal improvement with antibiotic therapy; histopathologic examination of the enucleated globe disclosed an abscess extending from the corneoscleral limbus to the equator superiorly.
D000368:Aged; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012590:Sclera